University of Nevada, Reno

The Institution of Nevada, Reno is a public land-grant research university that is located in Reno, Nevada. It is sometimes known as Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR. It is the most prestigious public university in the state and the premier land grant school in the country. Elko, Nevada was the location where it all began on October 12th, 1874.

The Institution of Nevada, Reno was established in 1874 as Nevada's land-grant university. It was founded on the principle that easy access to education and information is necessary for the advancement of humankind. In addition to being a member of the Nevada System of Higher Education, the university is the location of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Cooperative Extension, and NCAA Division I Wolf Pack Athletics. It has a total enrollment of more than 21,000 students. The land-grant mission of the university is fulfilled throughout Nevada and the rest of the world by the university's dedication to the academic achievement of its students, to research that contributes to the betterment of the world, and to outreach programmes that help Nevada's communities and businesses.

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education places the university in the category of "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity." The university was ranked 139th in the nation for its research and development spending in 2018, according to the National Science Foundation, which found that it had spent a total of $144 million.

Because it is located on this location, the large-scale structures laboratory in the College of Engineering has propelled Nevada researchers to the forefront of the civil engineering, earthquake, and large-scale structures testing and modelling fields on a national scale.

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine was the first medical school in the state and is located on the campus of Reno, the most important urban area in Nevada. Additionally, the school is connected to a health network that serves a significant portion of rural Nevada. There are a total of 16 clinical departments and five basic science departments that are recognised nationwide within the medical school. Additionally, the university is home to the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism, which has been responsible for producing six winners of the Pulitzer Prize.